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Four teens were being held Thursday in Chicago in connection with a Facebook Live stream that showed them beating and cutting the scalp of an 18-year-old mentally handicapped man, police said.
Police said the video, posted Tuesday, was viewed more than 62,000 times and has since been removed. “Smack him again. Smack him again,” one of the perpetrators is overheard saying on the video.
Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson told local media that the crime was a “brutal act” perpetrated on an 18-year-old man with “mental health challenges.” The victim, who is seen on the video with his mouth taped and cowering in a corner of a room, was taken to a local hospital and was recovering, police said. They said they found the victim wandering the streets of Chicago on Tuesday and uncovered the video during their investigation.
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Source: Ars Technica – Facebook Live torture video nets arrest of four teens